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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-23

Boss saI and William Uren. a miner, At Haven
With fiye other Intimate acduaintances he was
hangsS less then s,, twH years after tho ball In
sn T bs I EsTs 81 beer had been drunk
"W6sres McKonnaS Give US the Mollio
so %e.: jim Jim. va. Tommy H.r,or ono mont,
preVio sSes to The bail Mt Hurley Ind shot and
killed Conner James. a Wslshman, at the In
sn e IN Saa sSNSts % shf or
the blood # Conner Jsmsss as in sslideIsnSe
T cS two wpIon much hs he WAS
entitled to Il, Hurley was az bright as he was
bad and Il he had BEEN able to read Mc9a +,
1s az s ssf, Il hs rS
% dfT S sspcy sS %ss
he was empoa bat the ds, nS vas
done. When the final crash came Hurley took
Ieg bail and escaped The ; police, THE Sun pub,
year.. but ut Il the truth we're known Hurley Is
probably alive to-day. for he Is q very shrewd
.1 G %sh Id & II: RH s H Ss Ess aha A:
person who had performed . clean JOB he was
Moiiie song met with an, instant response.
The hs s sn sss. ana a.
81 ne MoIs Ma SaIs IN tho tS0e e every *
dancer liz oefsd T Ike n &S iHat tie MOI
bsss h hs y make s shan sSos.
worn, BY his companions. His clothes, how
ever, were not made to order. and he wore q
rakish dir. He wore a moustache and whiskers
and He VIZ wnyf ,b w Ina to set
but but c col, him a very broth Of a boy.
Jies were the order Of the evening, though
number Of The MSs to
ss IN
bS,e s sna n5a 10 s eSss
to-day. Both are murderers. and for twelve
years they have not silent in peace for 1t is their
the police are still on their track and they keep
moving on-always moving on.
his credit James McAlister was one Of these
distinguished, personages. and he had very
months after the bali; On this Occasion his
br1the wife and his W5a so
at the bail. were Killed. ODonnell Being fled
with lead, having eleven 45-calibre bullets
the shoulder blades.
0ns sprhs asnssF hSTg Ssn was HI not
Convicted OF Conspiracy to Kill several people.
and as q corrective was sentenced to fourteen
years In prison. He made three attempts to
having on one occasion fashioned key out
Of 9 bit Of wire which would unlock eyory door
ceeded. He broke his right leg in jumping
from the thirty foot wall that surrounds tho
Pottsville prison. but in spite OF that mishap
No one was killed, and not o great deal Of
money was made at the ball. The fiddler and
mnttar6 nagSahly
about O'clock In the morning but as the af-
fair ended without any bloodshed 1t was not
considered an unqualified success. The pro-
county delegate OF the order, and by him dis
posed Of as he saw a. Had ne been h able h to
stuck to It, for he wanted money before his
fight for life was ended. Kehoe was not at the
Mollie ball. but he was hanged all the same.
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A MODERN GHOST sTORY.
A Freak OF Buffalo Imagination that Hal
some Novel Features.

"A
Como Novel Features.
BUFFALO. Oct. 22,-The italian quarter OF
this city is stirred up over what some OF its
people believe to BIO the real ghost OF a man
who was murdered on the night OF Aug o.
Frank Marine. an italian, was ut that time
stabbed by Frank Curcio. tho wounded man
falling before his saloon in State street.
The dreary, dingy saloon is closed and has
been summed by tho denizens of the district
ever since, while Italians have told strange
stories OF what they have seen there. Fran
cesco, an italian who speaks no English, and Is
As years old, unobtrusive, sober, and peace
able, was returning home one night last week
s %f the se doopstee Of Msrno Old pscs he
tumbled to the ground in dead faint. One OF
his companions saw something white. tho very
counterpart OF q cat, shoot from the stairway
aight on Francesco's shoulder, and bear him
down. They carried tho senseless man TO his
an The ne TO
Mary. and, holding It in front OF the uncon-
In the name Of the Holy Virgin. the mother
Of Hho Christ and OF the Saviour speak and tell
" am Frank Marines spirit" began the
man, In English such as Marine used, and TO
tho CONSERVATION OF the crowd, for FRANCESCA
lish. II have taken this mans shape to talk
with you. to let you know that Visit this place
every tssn dny ad cSn ~ eS sa
blood were takon, away by ths doctors and
thrown Into Q we'll. More than that, am com
fife. and will have to for the next thirty years
deserved death, for owed Cureio the money
There was more talk of the same kind. and
the alleged spirit promised TO come again;
FEaneescoS story p that 2 white object
40 sTssSllSetiSa q q SSsthiHE iSDDsiilS Until
IL maxi day.
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HOW JOCKEYS TRAM
Getting Rid OF Nine Pounds OF Flesh In .
Single Day.
From the Pittsburgh Dispateh.

NEW YORK, Oct. 15-When Jockey Nc
Langhltn jumped from his horse the other day
at Jerome Park; after one of his hard finishes,
it was noticed that he was very weak: He had
sweated Off nearly five pounds Of flesh that
morning in order. to get the mount, and in get
proportionately. McLaughlin's riding weight
this summer has been around lio. which is
about as far from his normal weight Of l35 as
he dare go. now that he Is getting up in years.
and frequent Turkish baths that he has been
three 10 ha9s haS Of
This he does by wrapping himself In flannels
and taking ten-mile spin out into the country.
but will get strength for next summers work
by going back to his natural weight OF 1876 or
going to ride all winter in california for the
rivals. as the snapper"" is several years
rison rides easily at ITO, and has no difficulty
In keeping of the surplus flesh by looking after
his di and 6t ,a II hot 5ath flea, that
jockey SPECIE il III has bssn in the saass
heavy weight among the riders in tho East 1t
Is not only difficult. but extremely dangerous.
and It Is the more so when L. is done over night
day mount Two or three years ago McLaugh-
lin reduced his flesh nine pounds In one day in
order to ride Fordh ham in his great match race;
That was when he was young. though. and
event; tie could not stand such physlcal ex-
Bobby Swim, who was the greatest jockey on
the American turf ten or II dozen years ago.
reduced his weight eleven pounds IN one night
Swim was riding Tor Price McGrath. who was
known as the Irish Prince from tho fact that
he always appeared ut tho Lexington track on
opening day In a suit OF green broadcloth.
Swim became dissipated. and when the great
race between Major Thomas's Himyar and
Cammie +, was run, Swim was refused the
mount on Himyar. He thereupon went to tho
owners OF Uammie F. and offered TO ride that
horse for nothing II he lost and $500 II he, won.
This was the day before the race, and tho
Jockey would have to reduce his weight eleven
cd the "lock" set about tho work. his offer bo-
Ing gladly, accepted. That night Swim was
taken previously Turkish bath. Then he was
laid out Tor the greater part Of the night before
q blazing wood fire. and sweated till the blan-
kots had to be changed; In the morning he
tered the paddock he was a. weak he had TO 30
y, finishing . length before Himyar. who had
bsen Q heavy feyortte That was Swim's last
through drink
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ABOUT JUDGE FRANCIS.
The Nowark Man who Won't Resign .
Dakota Judxeship.

The Newark Man who Won't ResiEl .
Dakota Judxeship.
r. NJ. Tuttle, editor Of the Mandan Da-
kota) Daily Pioneer. was In town yesterday.
and he called at The Sun office to volunteer
some information concerning w. H. Francis.
Associate Justice Of the Supreme Court Of
Dakota, who has been requested by President
Cleveland to resign. Mr.. Tuttle said that the
letter requesting his resignation. printed in
The SUN on the 10th inst. was dated Sept. IS.
and that it was well known in Bismarck. where
Judge Francis lives. and In Mandan. five miles
from Bismarck. that Judge Francis received
the letter In due season, but that he intended
to refuse to resign, holding tho opinion that he
could not be removed.
He was formerly member Of tho New Jer-
q LAND
Bismarck by President Garfield soon after his
term as Senator expired When ans new Judicial
Arthur elevated him to the bench. His term
Of office will expire in July. 1888.
said With Viz the esSsepon of who
his personal friends, demand Judge Francis's
removal, and they have demanded it,, aside
and ,tr. little arc RepubIcans. L is under,
stood in Dakota Mr.. futile said. that there Is
deal from the manner In which
opposed United States Senator Sewells cleo;
tlon for time and then suddenly advocated
his election. and he has since been una I
District Courts in Dakota were presided over
by Republican Judges when Francis received
his appointment, and Francis IL now the only
Republican left. The other Judgeships are
fudge Francis held court in Mandan In
August" Mr.. Tuttle added. He is good
church member, and he often speaks on tho
bench OF mems duty in public, office. Yet he
has IN annual pass over the Northern Pacific
Railroad and travels on It. while It is we'll
known and Acknowledged fact that when a
poor devil has a suit for damages against tho
Northern Pacific RAILROAD he has no show when
he often decides cases without hearing the evil
dence. He is very excitable and imperious; g,
! wrote and had published in the st. Paul
Globe two articles last summer, based on these
facts. and whom he held court In Mandan
Judge Francis delivered q lecture to me from
the bench for nearly half IN hour, took out
remarks. when he thumped on the desk and 4
said that he would have me locked up In Jail II
however. and published them. and h. has not
locked me up yet. Many lawyers believe ne Is
mentally unSOund."
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Tho Mern ON Question.

The Utah Commission Is divided in its re-
port to tho Secretary Of the Interior on the
condition Of affairs in Utah. and the effect Of
sre e to The credit Of the minority Of this
Commission that they dissent, since the report
2, ies Wa
ings Of a Presbyterian Synod on the Utah
or any other sort Of synod had, rs such, right
to express an opinion on pol II question;
Tho minority report says: While concurring
In part with the majority report OF our 1850
ciates, we dissent from 1t particularly as TO-
CARDS the general animns and propriety OF in
documents" Every LIBERAL minded man and
woman must agree with the commissioners In
this. The Introduction OF theological discus,
sions into secular documents like the report OF
the Utah Commission should pc prohibited.
The time is come when little enlightenmee1n1t
Mormon question Passion and prejudice and
6goy have hsretofore held full s S and ,t 70
persona i's safety es was worth. We have no love
Tor the Mormons as q people. and still less for
d assr 81 SeEsa Fs Gp the bSs
personal liberty and the property rights OF
and pGoperiy ." Fights q Christian II Is BE-.
cause tho truth has been neglected that the
Mormon LEGISLATION has In SO many particulars
The minority of the Utah Commission, APP
preciattng this, say In their report: Now,
while the great mass OF the Mormon people are
making an effort for, the abandonment OF
poyRamy. we are asked TO recommend further
legislation OF hostile and aggressive eharacter,
almost II not entirely Destructive OF local SELL
government. thereby inhictipg pnnishment
upon the innocent as well as the guilty. This
We decline to do"
Tho evil In the kind of legislation objected to
by the Commission Is the tendency to destroy
local self-government. Without what we In
America call local solf-goyernmont, or what III
Great Britain and ireland Is known rs home
rule, there can be no assurance OF liberty to
the, citizen. Without such liberty there can be
to blind our eyes to this truth. 1t Is not Q
question Of whether polygamy 10 or 10 not
right. 1t ts 2 question Of whether American
they shall b. arbitrarily ruled by q distant
power. ever tho actlopR OF Whteh they have MOI
even Q partial ooAtloAS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-23
RECALLED By THE nAwsoy SHOOTING.
A Tragedy Under the shudo~ 90 : CAic.ss
Church Wall.
From the ChtedJo Mail

From the ChtcdJo Adn
The shooting of Banker Rawson in front
OF the Third Presbyterian Church by his step
son on Sunday recalls tragedy that was en-
the shadow OF st. Peters Church wall. on the
corner OF Polk and Clark streets. There Is no
similarity In the tragedies except that both oc-
Cured almost in the doorways OF churches.
on the night referred to was young girl. That
section OF the city was at that time. and is yet,
accustomed to such sights, and the patroman
thought nothing OF this ono, young man
turned tho corner on Clark going west on Polk
A good deal quicker than It takes to toll this
no was upon the ground calling for help, and
tho girl hourished knife In the slckly glare OF
tho lamp light on tho corner, shrieked. and
started for the river. She was oyertaken and
were no patrol wagons In those days. When she
appeared before the officers OF the station Il
was noticed that she wasa girl OF singular or.
der OF beauty, and that her attire was rich and
American plate. She refused 10 give her name
at the time and refused 10 talk, i reporter told
her she had killed her man. Closing her eyes
moment she slowly and gracefully dropped upon
herknecs. and the strangest and most pathetic
prayercaine from her lips for forgiveness Then
tho feeling which prompted the net coming
upon her again, shs arose and gloat tod oyo.
her ncr with ironzy thnt BernhRrdt would
have liked for u copy. The boy roeovered-he
and his name is Of no consequence now. He
was infatuated with another girl. and this had
caused the maddened beauty to watch for him.
There was no prosecution. Hut come year4
later. when she was In tatters and ugly and
having come knoyledRe. OF the murder Of Old
Man Wilkie, on Wsst Lake street. but nothiA1
came oft That murder bAtil myDtsgys
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aboud der mans vot Won't gif der seats in der
horse cars up. vos not CALCULATED to develop
anydings except vot q girl could dake of at
night und blace on O chair in der secrecy NJ
her bedroom. Dor most exercise. vot der girls
used to dake vos done NIT chewing gum and
dressing fife times o day.
Sometimes wish vos vonce. again young
Teller so I could dry my hand at counting 2
modern girl aipd strong 80 much nn 6%d s d,n *
draining for it, und dake boxing lessons by my
sweetheart. Il musd peen peculiar to call or,
young laty und gid invited to fence und walk
life miles der bark arount, und oil such dings,
till your vaistband won't sbeak to your shirt
und your Clothes hang away from yourselluf 90
Ing der sites.
hat mentioned to my wife. alretty. dot I
would cradely like to peen O young man some
more on ackound uf der girls. und she forgets
heraclluf md sava II yos der same mustard
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WOULD YOU STRIKE HELPLESS GIRL
mo indentions und keebing me homo from
fife fencing lessons-to say holdings uf vot der
neiGhbors yill dink." Und she grabbed him
hair oil from his head out.
presently she grew exhausted und stood der
for der second round up. Der frightened poy
put ovid Won hand to safe himselluf.
"Vot!" she SCREAMED; would you raise your
hand to a voomans2 Would you sdrike q helb-
less grip Do dot vonce und call my farder. +"
oh, please, for Heavens sakes; call your
farder;" der monkey barber said. PVT 2y dot
ers und choost waved him arount like an In
dian Club. Der poy brayed for der olt man to
come, blinking no would sooner take q licking
from him as die by der hand uf der daughter.
Der most of him escabed at last. and crebt py
der dark sdreets home.
: don't know uf is true or not, but dot Is vot
der poy has been giving me. He got from der
shop of for O week on ackound OF it-vtch
makes me dink maybe he made himselluf liar
oyyd uf ma.
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lifting peer glasses
und changing his
shirt dwice q week.
has got to dake q
back seat, already.
Girls, I am clad to
hear dose dinRs
abowd you. I hat
always lofed der
whole sex. and now
I am moro broud uf
you as efrer. Der
olt-fashion blan W
drying to git strong
on ten-oent novels
NIT bractise for only
Won arm In wriding
a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-23
rnr 1roxxrY BAhsnR HEARD IRON.

The Cooper Institute ArtiSs Cersraeuts en-
the New Muscular Race OF Girls.
Der young fellers which come py my shop
to got shafod, all der while. arc grade on
dalking apowd der new raco uf young laties
which has sbrung up all uf q sudden. like ele-
waited railrotes In Prooklyn und scandals by
der ministry.
1t seems der girls are all fencing und boxing
und swimming und Walking und rowing und
sailing until der average young man. whose
principal exercise In drying to make bote ends
meet, und who does holdings moro violent as
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keep till winter.
can't hnlluf der dime tell uf he vos lying or
making der trute, but he says he vos choost
recovered from courding Won uf der new, sort
each arm. He hat peen ornamenting her front
barlor four or fife weeks yet, when suddenly
ideal Dot Teller neffer vos guilty uf such
din9s like an indention. He vent to SEQ her
because der peer cost holdings yot she gate him
a aind got any intentions" ssyt he; Il hnf
choost run ovid uf dem. Is there not some
dings else you would like2" so no vent on NIT
his chokes.
Chimany hookyi wait. you shall hear der
negst dings vot habbened.
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sesR 70 ressn Il PsoS :,
SEs SsSeSSs Ggs Sss9 PRISON HS
I 81 s s:: e. x S ss 's$ s
rules are his lave. There e 9 rule which Gays
the sces ass sFs spsoSd
He is TO have fresh, meat 90 often. The pro
steward and warden can mako divyy" By
sD SP %Ss.s s az hssi 4 as
practised to a,greater or less extent,
r9ySl toos pac9 In our prison siS ycesss
fare Be- Know tSat t Ike pHossons
Rsrdy t sas but sas sSss
was as good rs was allowed us. The defraud-
nG OF ths BEGAN ab1nt month be-
On the day the inspectors came three good
sns .d s.t e than
g frSc heard few So%pnnt but
dinner but sat with folded arms OF course
TSe silent aanasrops a atsituGs de- Of tho mem
revos s s" SeSa by tic
Inspectors and published oil over the country.
Mosy q Gn Inc wns nSrs Ess liz
tho dining room, his Knees shaking under him.
e hR
n DO credit to en- ae
Promising this and that. n The prisoners should
have everything they wanted in the way Of
sasisiactSsE9 to tie men, and that ended tSs
I've li Il a ESs icod how
eyer, improved at once. and his little specula-
* shop Ihi day alter e
revolt. We were taken directly to the parlor.
The other man was IN fGs year fof
nothns ofthe eenspiracy The S Warden cSarNed
us to strip Tor pa s Again ' the doctor
interiered, but being determined to have some
b s bpss Of hs the
everybody knows. Everything is prepared for
st4se z they utter
Soaid know aus Jus. IS MUCH AFTER being DRAGGED
plains he Il answered oa:hand: 49,
oh: well. you can't expect to have your own
One day my. pardon, arrived. It had been
and the Goysrnor lost no time IN making ne q
den's office he was ali smiles and palsver., I
was the best behaved prisoner he ever had
&. bess 81 se lss ssaIs TSss
sase, ~ lSns bow
for Six weeks. Had he still been Warden, /
sha s ny s
bought with my money.
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h0r60llu1 una says u
haired Dutchman I
used 70 poem when
she marrit me l would
git aloud der same
chances NIT der girls
like a sdatue py der
bark. Dots a funny
dingsl A mans wife
bretends to lofe him
till she drinks he has
found ovid she is not
der only voomans In
der world. After dot
she shows him dot
Won voomans Is blen-
ty, after all.
Dot Monkey Bar
Dor by der negst
chair-py chimany
hookyl 1t must peen
sex months since I
haf mentioned dot
feller. HE Is dor Won
vot makes NIT mine
custtmers monkey
bricks all der vhile.l
He says der girls
nowadays don't got
sono flies on EN-
voteffer dot shall
mean. When I asked
him, Did der girls
used to peen drou-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-11

Ptttshurg. Pa. Nov. 3th. 1879. Mrs. Lydia T..
finkham: "As Il frequently the case with mothers
OF number of physicians. and the virtue of many
medicines without relief. and experiment
concluded 10 try yours. am not seeker after no.
toricty but want to tell you that have been won
derfully benefited by your medciue. | am us.
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sepi7eOh&wly chwmly
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MARRY a Bart. LENA is not only as
lovely rs an angel, but she has had the
advantage of my superior cultivation,
and her hair is done up like that OF q Lady.
Why, my dearest Lena, the poet lorase
writ some verses about king-I forget
his name exactly-who married beSgar
maid, and as sure as that you are not
beggar, so sure are you TO catch some
thing splendid"
Then, as the keeper came in, she ad-
dressed him: Richard (every one but
his wife called him Dick, ''Triptolerna
shall not go to school any more; OF that
am resolved. What do you Think The
schoolnaster dared--yes, dared-to-day
to shout out to Lena from his desk, Now,
Little Tu'penny, no talking, please. ,
What is the world coming 20 when our
superiors give themselves such airss'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-11

Prof Grothe, Brooklyn Board of Health
says 1t Ia free from opiates snd is highly eff
cacious. Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
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driving donkeYs.

Drying donkeys."
"very well, III use it on you, II you
don't 60"
"I'm not a donkey-I'm an angel,
mother says so, and angels ny. am
going to fly"
She was composed, well assured he
would not strike her. She was still look
ing at the sells.
"They 30 so fast" she said. sit would
be fun going up on them almost into
heaven; anyhow higher than the top OF
yon mill I've often seen them, but never
been so close before. don't care how
high go, don't care how fast l 60, so
long as l go up"
''If you go up, down you come again"
"Ycs, but again up / should CO."
1t was not possible to convince the child
Joe could not leave the mill longer, the
bell was tangling to tell that the hopper
was empty. He dare not let her remain
where she was lest she should step where
the revolving wings might strike her, and
one touch of those mighty rushing arms
would beat the little, bounding, happy,
eager life out Of her.
He had in his pocket piece OF stout
Irvine. Without another word he drew
her to the steps, bound her hands together
at Cle WEiStS. anu ldSttuCu lCl LII my W
the rail. Then without speaking, but
with grim look ont of his gray eyes, and
a frown and shake of the head, he we 1t
up the stairs.
After a while he returned. He had
done what was necessary for while, and
resolved to release the girl. He had given
her lesson, and he hoped she would
profit by it, and never again come near
the mill.
She was not crying. She was sitting
on the step with her hands over her head,
fast to the rail, and her face peering be-
tween her arms at thc revolving sails.
Now, thcn," said Joe Western, 'do
you see? 1t is foolery. you held to the
bar of q sill Us it went M, you'd h. iiung
head over heels coming down, let go, and
be dashed to pieces. Is that sense!'
Il see that"
'Well; are YOU satisfied? Co."
He united her hands.
I'm not satisfied yet. l must think;
perhaps yet it may be done"
allow so?" sneerinGly.
81 don t know. / must think"
Then sho ran little way, turned, cour-
tested with outspread skirts laughed, and
said: Though you look cross, you are
too floury to be bad. l forgive you, dull
Joe NJ Her."